New
Zealand Winegrowers will host its 22nd tasting of New Zealand wines
in Ireland in January 2019. With a number
of key New Zealand wineries showing at the Dublin show in 2019 there will be
over 150 New Zealand wines available to taste.

In addition to the main tasting, there will be a
masterclass starting 1pm (more details to
follow)

New
Zealand wines have a great following here in Ireland. In 2017 New Zealand sold 543,621cases of
wines on the Irish market, rising to 6% of the total market of 9.1 million
cases. Source: Irish Wine Association Sept 2018

Figures
for the retail wine sector in Ireland on a MAT basis, for the period March
2017-2018, show that the market for wine in the off trade grew. According to
Scantrack the MAT volume figure for 9
litre case sales to March 2018 were 5,689,969 up from 5,416,383 in March 2017
an increase of +5.16%. Countries showing strongest growth during the
period March 2017 to March 2018, include New Zealand.

MAT
figures to March 2018 from Nielsen Scantrack show that off trade sales of New
Zealand wine increases by +6.88% in terms of value and by +5.36% in terms of volume
sales. Source: Nielsen Scantrack March 2018

The
trade and press tasting on Monday 14th January, 2019 will run from
2.00 – 6.00 p.m.